Olav Eggers is a senior consultant at the Danish Agency for Data Supply and Efficiency (SDFE). He explains how the Danish approach to e-government paved the way for a wide-ranging open data policy, and how the seeds of this progressive approach are now bearing fruit.

In situ data of various kinds is used operationally to verify satellite data products and calibrate satellite instruments. Dr. Bojkov, Head of the Remote Sensing and Products Division in the Department of Technical Support and Science at EUMETSAT, explained the close links between space and in situ data, and the [...]

The European Environment Agency (EEA) signed a public duty license agreement with the European Meteorological Services Network (EUMETNET) last month, making provision for the Copernicus Services to use meteorological, hydrological, and climatological data and products from EUMETNET members.

Under the Horizon 2020 topic SC5-18-2017 “Novel in situ observation systems”, a set of five projects have recently been awarded funding. The projects, which come under the subtopic “Arctic dimension and Earth Observation”, will support the Copernicus In Situ Component by developing, testing and validating new ways of collecting in [...]

At the most recent meeting of its Copernicus Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), Eurogeographics hosted the EEA and its contractors as well as representatives of several national mapping and cadastral agencies (NMCAs) at its Brussels headquarters. The meeting helped to foster mutual understanding of the EEA’s coordination role, and cooperation on [...]

The 3rd Copernicus In Situ Coordination workshop brought together representatives from the EEA, the European Commission, all of the Copernicus Services, and the contractors supporting its coordination role, with the purpose of better understanding the requirements of the Services for in situ data, and ensuring that the services benefit from [...]

ICOS had a visible presence in the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn (Germany) last November. ICOS participation in several events was focused on what is known and what still remains unknown about greenhouse gas emissions.

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